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viverra

viverra noun: an animal of the genus Viverra; a civet.

Noun

viverra (plural viverras)

  1. (obsolete) An animal of the genus Viverra; a civet.
    • Viverra tigrina, or yellowish-grey weasel. […] Mr. Pennant has referred it to the genus felis, but Mr. Schrader makes it a viverra.1829, John Wilkes, Encyclopaedia Londinensis, volume 24, page 410
    • That curious animal, the basset (Bassaris astuta), which has alternately been associated by zoologists with the Ursidæ and Viverridæ, has blood corpuscles more agreeing in size with those of the bears, and consequently distinctly smaller than those of the viverras.1862, The Medical Times and Gazette, volume 2, page 269

viverra meaning in Malayalam

viverra in Malayalam

Viverra, civet
മെരു meru

Forms of viverra

pluralviverras

Origin of viverra

Borrowed from Latin vīverra (“ferret”).

Questions about viverra

What does viverra mean?
Viverra means an animal of the genus Viverra; a civet.
What is viverra in Malayalam?
Viverra in Malayalam is മെരു (meru). See Viverra meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is viverra?
Viverra is a noun.
What is the plural of viverra?
The plural of viverra is viverras.

Words near viverra in the dictionary

  1. Viverette
  2. Viverettes
  3. viverid
  4. Vivero
  5. Viveros
  6. viverra
  7. viverral
  8. viverrals
  9. viverras
  10. viverravid
  11. viverravids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: viverra (page history and authors); മെരു (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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